BIRTH CONTROL & THE AMERICAN PUBLIC

(h/t Matt Yglesias, twice)

The House Baggers represent a minority of the American people on the "issue" of birth control, so that's why they bray about "principle" instead of "democracy," except for Tailgunner Ted.

The NY Times reports that a March 2012 Kaiser Family Foundation poll found that " 63 percent of Americans said they supported the new federal requirement that private health insurance plans cover the cost of birth control" and a May 2012 Gallup poll found that "Eighty-two percent of U.S. Catholics say birth control is morally acceptable, nearing the 89% of all Americans and 90% of non-Catholics who agree"